The Stage Show

Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley has built a career telling stories about himself and those around him, but his play Mouthpiece, now at Queensland Theatre, questions the ethics of putting these stories on stage and calling it 'art'.

Also, we hear how a run-in with police inspired a new radio play featuring Osamah Sami and Rowan Freeman and Erin Brannigan guides us through more basics of dance literacy as we watch work by Ros Warby and Vicki Van Hout.

Scottish playwright Kieran Hurley has built a career telling stories about himself and those around him, but his play Mouthpiece, now at Queensland Theatre, questions the ethics of putting these stories on stage and calling it 'art'.

Also, we hear how a run-in with police inspired a new radio play featuring Osamah Sami and Rowan Freeman and Erin Brannigan guides us through more basics of dance literacy as we watch work by Ros Warby and Vicki Van Hout.

In the 1980s, Annette Shun Wah was at the cutting edge of Australian radio and television and was one of the first Asian Australians to host her own show. Now Annette is empowering a new generation of creative Australians.

Also, Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear launch their new company with a production of Angus Cerini's The Bleeding Tree in Hobart and we learn how to think like William Shakespeare.

In the 1980s, Annette Shun Wah was at the cutting edge of Australian radio and television and was one of the first Asian Australians to host her own show. Now Annette is empowering a new generation of creative Australians.

Also, Marta Dusseldorp and Ben Winspear launch their new company with a production of Angus Cerini's The Bleeding Tree in Hobart and we learn how to think like William Shakespeare.

Composer David Lang's operas take us to unexpected places — an opera that is too quiet to hear, an opera for 1000 singers and a rewrite of Beethoven's Fidelio. His opera Love Fail will have its Australian premiere online for the Yarra Valley Opera Festival.

Also, how did a fake musical set in a supermarket become the most talked about show of 2020? When Daniel Mertzlufft posted a 40-second TikTok video of an act one finale to a non-existent musical, nothing had prepared him for what came next.

Composer David Lang's operas take us to unexpected places — an opera that is too quiet to hear, an opera for 1000 singers and a rewrite of Beethoven's Fidelio. His opera Love Fail will have its Australian premiere online for the Yarra Valley Opera Festival.

Also, how did a fake musical set in a supermarket become the most talked about show of 2020? When Daniel Mertzlufft posted a 40-second TikTok video of an act one finale to a non-existent musical, nothing had prepared him for what came next.

Two of Australia's most celebrated actors, Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair join us from the Sydney Theatre Company where the lights are back on and they're appearing together in the new play Wonnangatta.

Also, Vidya Makan brings together 101 black, Indigenous and other artists of colour in her song I Need You to See Me and the axe begins falling on arts courses around the country in the wake of the pandemic.

Two of Australia's most celebrated actors, Hugo Weaving and Wayne Blair join us from the Sydney Theatre Company where the lights are back on and they're appearing together in the new play Wonnangatta.

Also, Vidya Makan brings together 101 black, Indigenous and other artists of colour in her song I Need You to See Me and the axe begins falling on arts courses around the country in the wake of the pandemic.

Since launching to stardom with The Sapphires, Shari Sebbens has become a mainstay of the Australian stage and screen. Now making her directorial debut at Griffin, she has high hopes for what it might mean to other aspiring theatre-makers.

Also, Opera Queensland bring us An Aria a Day and voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson helps us to channel our inner politician.

Since launching to stardom with The Sapphires, Shari Sebbens has become a mainstay of the Australian stage and screen. Now making her directorial debut at Griffin, she has high hopes for what it might mean to other aspiring theatre-makers.

Also, Opera Queensland bring us An Aria a Day and voice and dialect coach Leith McPherson helps us to channel our inner politician.